Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, September 27, 1917 ANOTHER LETTER FROM DEMING, N.M. FORMER JOURNAL REPORTER AT DEMING WRITES TELLING OF THE LOCAL BOYS. Says the Evenings are Cool and for Sleep Can�t be Equalled � Is Pleased with the Camp. Deming, N.M., Sept. 21st. Journal Readers: The Sixth Nebraska is now settled in their training camp and the work of putting the finishing touches to the camp has about been completed. The site of the camp is on a sandy plain, two miles out from the town of Deming and is free of the sage brush and cactus that are so plentiful in this section of the world. The first days were spent in fixing up the streets in front of the tents of the different companies and in this work, the new soldiers joined heartily, with the result that everything is now in fine shape and the work together with the bracing mountain air has developed an appetite in the boys that is difficult to satisfy, although the food is excellent and plentifully [sic] in every way. The machine gun company, in which so many of the Plattsmouth boys are enrolled is one of the neatest in the camp and the members are preparing to enter the second stage of their training as soldiers. There are many thousands of men camped here and in the troops are to be found many Plattsmouth boys. When the Journal arrives it is eagerly searched for news of the old town. In Company B of the 6th Neb., are Verdon VROMAN and William BALDWIN, who resided south of the city. The Fifth regiment has several others in their ranks. Tom WALLING in Company D, of Auburn, John PALACEK, in Company E of North Platte, Ralph LARSON in Wymore company, who are camped next to the 6th in Camp Cody. Bert SPIES, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman SPIES, of Plattsmouth, is in Camp Cody as a member of the Signal corps. In the Fourth regiment there are quite a few of the lads from Plattsmouth and the boys who were on guard at the Burlington bridge during the past summer. These members of Uncle Sam�s fighting force joined in a welcome to the 6th regiment. Frank ASHENBREME, Julius KALASEK, Claude RICHARDSON, Kenneth MC CARTHY, Wayne ALLEN, are the boys from here, while John MURPHY, Jack DAILY, Charley JOHNSON, Art GUSTAFSON, Joe ALDRICH and the others well known in Plattsmouth, are right on the job and busy in drilling. The Fourth has a fine site for their camp just outside of Deming. There has been no sickness among the Plattsmouth colony and all are well pleased with the military camp. The climate is fine and so far the days have been marked by light rains which have laid the sand in fine shape. The evenings are cool and for sleep could not be equaled. FRANK H. SMITH __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com